Local Boy Scout gives emblems to museum

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Nov 25, 2013 at 3:15 AMNov 25, 2013 at 10:13 AM

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SOMERSWORTH – David Brackett, a 12-year old Life Scout from Troop 168 in Dover, NH and a student at Portsmouth Christian Academy, had the honor of presenting the Religious Emblem Awards of the Anglican Catholic Church to Richard Zeloski, chairman of the Lee Scouting Museum.

David has earned the distinction of being the first in the worldwide Anglican Catholic Church to receive the Ad te Domine Award as a Cub Scout and to go on to earn the Servus Dei Award as a Boy Scout. He was thereby awarded a silver “palm” to be worn on the ribbon of his own award.

David felt that it was important to pass along this recognition to his home state of New Hampshire by obtaining and presenting a complete set of the Anglican Catholic Church’s Religious Emblem Awards for display at the Lee Scouting Museum. At the presentation David shared, “As the first Scout to receive both of these awards, I am honored to present to the Lee Scouting Museum these Religious Emblem Awards of the ACC to add to your collection here in NH.” This is currently the only museum to have a complete collection of the awards.

The awards recognize members of the Boy Scouts of America who have faithfully lived their lives in accordance with the church’s law and that of the Scout Oath and Law while actively serving their church. Each of the awards has a distinct course of study over a one-year period including church history, catechism and practical knowledge of altar service.

David also presented the official program materials for these awards to the Silber Scouting Library for future use of all interested Scouts.

The Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Max I. Silber Scouting Library represent a unique and colorful repository for an exceedingly large collection of Boy Scout memorabilia and an exceptional scouting library. This home to one of the finest displays of Scouting memorabilia in the world is located at Camp Carpenter in Manchester, NH.

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